RE: Exercise on productivity
by John B |
| Thank you for all of your wonderful ideas. Very inspiring. |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by Ehsan Honary |
| Have a look at these links to get some ideas for wooden puzzles I mentioned earlier.
http://www.puzzlethis.co.uk/products_mad_cow.htm
http://www.creativecrafthouse.com/index.php?main_page=index&... |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by PX Trainer |
| Very good ideas here. You can also use 3D jigsaw puzzles. They are usually straight forward to explain and it also encourages team work and participation. |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by Ehsan Honary |
| John, thanks for your comments. As Peter said, word puzzles are a possibility. You can also use gadget puzzles. They are usually made with woods and a bunch of strings and the idea is to go from one c... |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by Peter Reed |
| I like to try that too. I usually use word puzzles for this kind of activities. They work fine. |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by John B |
| Ehsan, that was a fantastic setup. Sounds very interesting. I like to give this a try next time I have a course. I am wondering what puzzles to use though. John |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by Ehsan Honary |
| You can use a similar setup to the research that led to what is known as “Parkinson Law”. As you may know this states that !”Work expands to fill the time available to it”. You can use the following s... |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by John B |
| Thanks Peter for the advice, but this is not quite what I am looking for. Let me clarify. What I want to teach them is not how to handle interruptions, but to focus their entire attention on something... |
RE: Exercise on productivity
by Peter Reed |
| John, you can give them some puzzles to solve. Do it in two stages. In stage 1, distract them or arrange so someone comes in and interrupts the group. In stage two, let them solve another similar puz... |
Exercise on productivity
by John B |
| I am looking for an exercise on teaching people how to save time by focusing their entire effort on it. Has anyone got some ideas on this?
John |